Tranfuse or not to Transfuse?

To transfuse or not to transfuse: thinking outside the box

e commentary by Dr Walsh [1] discussed our study in a systematic way and highlighted several important aspects in relation to our analysis. Indeed, our study has limitations that we acknowledged in our paper. It should be noted, however, that the Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care (TRICC) study [2] excluded cardiac surgical patients and patients who had received blood transfusions before...

“To Transfuse or Not to Transfuse”-A Neonatologist’s Daily Dilemma

Evidence based guidelines for the neonatal transfusions are still emerging. It is always a conundrum for a pediatrician, to decide when to give packed red blood cells to a growing premature infant with or without signs and symptoms of chronic neonatal anemia. It is further complicated, as some of that clinical picture can be explained by co-morbidities like neonatal sepsis, apnea of prematurity...

To transfuse, or not to transfuse: that is the question.

Transfusion practice, like medical practice in its entirety, has evolved rapidly over the past few decades. Recent research on clinical outcomes has examined the impact of blood transfusion on critically ill patients, patients with trauma, those undergoing cardiac surgery, those experiencing acute coronary syndromes, oncology patients and others. Evidence is mounting of adverse outcomes associa...

Folic Acid Supplementation: to Advise or not to Advise?

Transfusion trigger: when to transfuse?

The decision to transfuse a hospitalized patient must balance the known risks of transfusion with the need to provide adequate tissue oxygenation and the appropriate utilization of blood as a scarce resource. The minimum tolerated hemoglobin level is not well established, and considerable variation exists in intensivists' transfusion practices. Conventional transfusion triggers of 100 g/l have ...